https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:02:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks/page/2#post-2414153 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:12:26 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2414153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lioneyes: good tip! Thanks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks/page/2#post-2414148 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:07:53 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2414148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What? Nobody told me I'm supposed to be doing this whole circ thing. It looks ok to me and I haven't messed with it and ds is 3m...?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks/page/2#post-2414122 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:35:43 +0000 lioneyes 2414122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a trick to not get peed on/have them not pee on themselves when the diaper comes off, is to wipe under their bellybutton with a wet wipe before you take the diaper off, wait 10 seconds, then take it off. i think it's so they will pee before the diaper comes off. sometimes it works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks/page/2#post-2413985 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:44:49 +0000 MoonMoon 2413985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsrain: we didn't circumcise, so things have been really easy and straightforward, just leave the penis to its own devices! Pediatrician was watching for a UTI in the first 6 weeks but then you're good to go. Never try to retract or clean under the foreskin.</p> <p>We didn't cloth diaper so no advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks/page/2#post-2413976 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:41:51 +0000 Adira 2413976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: Yeah! After we had Logan circumsised, I was asking all about the care he would need and explaining about the issues we dealt with with Xander and they were all "Huh, that's new." And I'm like NO IT ISN'T! I know other people have dealt with this too! But Logan's had no issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks/page/2#post-2413966 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:36:10 +0000 gingerbebe 2413966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes to what @MrsLonghorn said - for months and months after healing during the first year the circ will try to readhere so remember to retract and wipe after every bath. You usually get some diaper cream or schmekus built up in there anyway. And have the doctor check at all your regular appointments. We had it re-adhere once and working on getting the adhesion to come away is annoying and nervewracking. It wasn't too bad so the doctor wouldn't detach it, but instructed us to rub it with Vaseline and "gently tug" and try to separate the skin at every diaper change?? It took a week of this and it freaked me out when it finally gave way because it happened all at once and I was sure I like tore something! Luckily DS didn't really notice, but it was red down there and it totally freaked me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks/page/2#post-2413962 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:32:00 +0000 josina 2413962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MUI831: Ouch! I don't think my dr. ever even mentioned pulling it back so I never thought to do it after the first few months. The dr said that its likely to happen again to DS since some of the skin is still attached and will probably tear on its own.<br /> I would classify DS's an 'innie' too, at least for now, I've had to ask other boy-mom's if that was normal. :wink: </p> <p>@Adira: Interesting that it was a problem with Xander and not Logan! I had no idea we'd have to do it for so long! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413959 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:30:18 +0000 MoonMoon 2413959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: ok you're right. My perspective is my milk came in on day 4, so I shouldn't say dehydration can't be a problem. Just that brick dust isn't immediate cause for alarm, but be sure you're on top of when your milk comes in, how much baby is feeding, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413957 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:28:34 +0000 wrkbrk 2413957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: congrats mama! Boys are the best! DS is six weeks old. On his one week birthday the circ was healed and the cord stump was gone. So it doesn't always take long! He wore zippered sleepers with no problem in that first week as well. I do like the kimono shirts in general though. They're so easy! Not unique to boy babies but take lots of pictures!!!! I thought I was taking a lot but I wish I had more in the hospital. They change so fast. Especially if you start out with a bigger little guy like we did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413952 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:26:01 +0000 wrkbrk 2413952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MUI831: a baby fupa!!! Lol! Good luck with your son! We were told to pull the skin back every diaper change for the first six months! Yikes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413950 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:24:42 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2413950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was surprised by how long we had to keep pulling back his circ. For a few months, it would would keep trying to re-adhere in spots, even though it was fully "healed". So, we pulled it back fully in the bath every night, and would swipe a little aquaphor on it before his bedtime diaper - this lasted a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413949 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:24:41 +0000 wrkbrk 2413949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: our baby was dehydrated too :( my milk took forever to come in and it was so so sad at his first appointment at 4 days old. His mouth was dry and his lips were cracked :( They told us to supplement with formula so he would be getting something and I never regretted it even though here at six weeks he is still getting both breastmilk and formula! He screamed so much the first 3 nights of his life and I didn't know it was because he was starving :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413923 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:59:55 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2413923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I don't have a boy but obviously umbilical cord stumps are the same. DD wore onesies and sleepers and cute outfits as soon as we brought her home from the hospital. Not issues with the cord stump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413901 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:41:03 +0000 Mommy Finger 2413901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: We're dealing with this too! DS2 is 6+m right now and at every appt, the doctor has to pull the skin back since it keeps reattaching. But he said that it obviously gets more painful as he gets older so he might not be able to do it next time, if it's needed. The problem is that my little guy seems to have a tiny baby fupa so his penis is sort of an innie right now. So I pull back at every diaper change but it's not perfect. Hopefully it's something that won't be too painful to resolve when he gets older! His ped said we may have to go to urologist when he gets a little older as he would have better "drugs" to help with the pain should it need to be separated. We definitely didn't have this with DS1 so it's all new to us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413888 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:33:25 +0000 Astro Bee 2413888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In addition to having clean under and around his scrotum, we've also had to lift up and clean under his penis a few times. Not sure how poo got all the way up there, but it was a really massive poop, so it got everywhere really. </p> <p>One time, DS peed in his own mouth! DH was changing him and had lifted his legs way up to clean his backside, and didn't notice that DS had started to pee. He was really freaked out and felt bad about it. I must be a bad mom, because my first inclination when DH called me in to tell me was to laugh!</p> <p>@MrsRain: We cloth diaper, and didn't circumcise. I don't think there is really anything special that you need to be concerned about. Penis pointed down, as others have said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413867 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:18:15 +0000 ShootingStar 2413867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: I think probably for most babies it's no big deal. But my son didn't eat much the day before it happened, he'd been circumcized and was out for about 6 hours, and my milk didn't come in for 7 days. And that night he was freaking out about being hungry and we were up until 4am trying to figure out what was going on. He would cry, try to eat and fall asleep without getting enough, and wake up screaming. We did that about 10 times before I had DH run to get some formula. Then DS finally settled down. The next day he had the urine crystals and the ped said he was starting to get dehydrated. </p> <p>Many people I'm sure have no problems, their milk comes in by day 3 and they're good to go. But there are others who don't realize let it go too far and babies get dehydrated and then it becomes a big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413830 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:00:03 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2413830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: oh my!</p> <p>@hellobeeboston: yep we plan to use Pampers NB Swaddlers, in fact that was the baby's first gift from a friend. @MoonMoon: brick dust- good to know!</p> <p>Re: umbilical cord, I'll leave it alone. It's nice to know it may fall off closer to 2 weeks than 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413821 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:51:31 +0000 Adira 2413821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: Yep, your circumcision issue sounds like Xander's. His tried to reattach twice and we had to separate it again and it caused bleeding. It SUCKED. I should check it again, but pretty sure at 2.5 years, he's totally fine now. Whereas with Logan, we don't have to do anything! I guess it depends on the type of circumcision they get and there are different methods or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413819 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:48:51 +0000 blackbird 2413819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: LOL!!!! Poor babe. </p> <p>I will say....there's been a few times that we've been carrying or holding a naked baby boy (post bath, for example) and something, ahem, warm touched us and we thought we were getting pooped on. Nope. Balls. 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413809 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:41:22 +0000 josina 2413809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got peed on at least 5 times within the first month, and the wall behind the changing table got hit a few times too! They are pretty powerful sprays. :wink: DH never got it though! lol.</p> <p>With the circumcision, my DS is 13 months and we just had to go to the dr. last week because the skin had reattached and then tore apart causing bleeding &amp; a very sore penis for the little guy! Sooo... try to push out the penis once a day to keep it from reattaching, and apparently need to do this for awhile! I thought a year out we'd be golden! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413806 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:39:57 +0000 hellobeeboston 2413806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just did sleepers and onesies...I had a few kimono shirts and didn't really use them. Fold the top of the diaper down so it doesn't rub, unless you are using newborn dipes then I think they have a dip. My boys were big and never fit into newborn diapers. </p> <p>The cord fell off on its own before 2 weeks both times.... Was advised to completely leave it alone and not put anything on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413802 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:39:05 +0000 MoonMoon 2413802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I wouldn't put a salve or anything on the cord stump. They just do their thing. In the past, it was recommended to put all kinds of things on there, but not any more. It's only a week or two, and baby can wear almost anything. Just make sure the stump gets airflow several times a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413800 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:38:30 +0000 yellowbird 2413800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son peed on his face while we were still in the hospital!! Lolol! I made diaper changes as fast as possible. Other than the whole pee issue, I didn't really have anything boy specific that has come up so far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413792 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:32:05 +0000 MoonMoon 2413792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: well it's concentrated urine so that makes sense. But my pediatrician said it's normal for ebf babies while the milk is coming in and it resolved itself. I would have thought it was blood or something! That's why I wanted to point it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413790 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:31:31 +0000 Eko 2413790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: interesting. My LO's cord fell off definitely within 2 weeks. He was born in June and basically only wore onesies. I agree with @adira that I think loose sleepers are fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413785 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:28:19 +0000 ShootingStar 2413785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: The doctor in the hospital actually told me that was signs of early dehydration. </p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: We used the kimono shirts for a while, maybe 3 weeks to a month? We put on the kimono and a sleeper. I'm not sure it made a huge difference in terms of the umbilical stump, but they're definitely easier to put on than onesies that go over the head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413781 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:24:58 +0000 Adira 2413781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: We put both my boys in sleepers while waiting for their umbilical cord to fall off - it didn't seem to bother them at all. They were loose enough. Anything tight might rub though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413777 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:22:22 +0000 jhd 2413777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on your boy! I just love being a boy mama! :heart: </p> <p>Add me to the list of mamas who have very rarely been peed on. LO is 20 mos. We often used the trick that @MrsKoala: mentioned when he was tiny. The NICU nurses taught me that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413769 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:16:52 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2413769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Eko: I hear the umbilical cord can take up to 3 weeks. The layette checklists all say to get one pack of kimono shirts that won't irritate it, but that's just 4 or 5 shirts. So are babies just not put in onesies, gowns, and footed rompers for almost a month? I'm thinking about getting an umbilical cord salve that my placenta encapsulation lady sells. It's supposed to speed up the cord falling off to 2-3 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-boy-infants-tips-amp-tricks#post-2413765 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:14:35 +0000 MoonMoon 2413765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has only peed on us once or twice in his 2.5 years of diaper changes! I can't think of anything else other than making sure the penis points down when you're doing up the diaper. Also, if you ebf, he might have reddish stuff in his diaper the first few days, and that is normal. It's called "brick dust" and it's concentrated urine before your milk has come in. I'm so glad I googled this before I freaked out the first day home from hospital! It's not unique to boys, but still worth a mention. </p>